Clothes-rack



ISRAEL HOGEILAND, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 84,694, dated December; 8, 1 868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-RACK The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

WPP- To all lwhom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL HOGELAND, of Indianapolis, in thecounty of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Clothes-Rack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, that will enable skilled artisans to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing', making part of this specilica-y This invention consists in pivoting one end of the cross-bars of a rectangular clothes-frame to-one ofthe side-pieces of the lframe, and providing a device by which the other end of such cross-bars can be readily attached to or detached from the opposite side-piece, so that the whole apparatus can be folded into a more compact form than heretofore.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved clothesdrier, when set up and arranged ready for use.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same.

The same letters indicate the same parts in both gures.

The frame ofthe drying-rack is composed of the sidepieces A, the horizontal brace-pieces B, and the legs C. The brace-pieces B are pivoted at one end, by screws, to the side-pieces A, and the other end is dovetailed, to fit into corresponding notches in pieces D, attached to the side-pieces A, and arranged as shown, so as to be conveniently folded against them.

Hooked rods, E, are attached to the lower bar B, that hook over pins near th'e foot of the side-pieces; also serve ,to brace the frame.

The insideedgcs of thesidepieces A are furnished with-eyes, F, through which to pass the line G, from side to side of the frame. I

The frame is supported inp'an'inclined position by legs C, which are :pivoted to the side-pieces, so asl to fold against them.` The legs are stayed from getting on't of Y place by chains or linked rods I, as shown in ig.-1 l.

-By `arranging the rack to set at Aan inclination, as'

. shown, theclothes hang apart, so as to allow a free cirj culation of air among them, andby this arrangement I am also enabled to set the rack close to and with its upper end projecting over the stove, by which the clothes will be more rapidly dried.

Then the rack-is not in use, the horizontal bars B and legs C may be folded` alongside the pieces A, and the line rolled around them, thereby reducing itto a compa-ct form, occupying but little space, and convenient for storing away. Y'

I do not broadly claim a clothes-drier, having folding legs O; nor do I claim the employment, in a clothesrack, of the cords G G; .but

NVhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,.is-

In a rectangular clothes-frame, the two rigid `stays 'or cross-barsB B, pivoted, at one end, to one of the side-pieces, A A, and having the end which is not pivoted attached to the opposite side-piece, in such a manner that it is easily detachable, substantially' as described and for the purpose specified. Y

ISRAEL HOGELAND. Witnesses: A

O. F. MAYHEW,

A. COBB. 

